Dragana Milanković

Education: Graduated in the English Language and Literature (equivalent to Master's Degree), Belgrade University, Faculty of Philology, The English Language and Literature Department, 1991

Professional development & training:

Four-week on-line course 'Making the PYP happen in the classroom', International Baccalaureate Professional Development course, Category 1, February, 7th - March, 7th 2018
On-line course (100 hours) on Critical Thinking, The University of Oregon, The American English Institute in the Linguistics Department, April - June 2013;
Participant at international Cambridge conferences, 2010, 2011 & 2015;
Participant at IATEFL Conferences in Cardiff, 2005 and Liverpool, 2013;
Training program for Cambridge ESOL exam managers in Cambridge, April 2010;
On-line training for CIE Programme Leaders, September 2008 - January 2009;
Training the trainer course for the preparation of seminars for teachers of English in high schools in Serbia (200 hours), organized by the Ministry of Education and the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, June 2006 - March 2007;
Seminars for coordinators of the English Language Teachers' Association of Serbia - ELTA organized by the British Council, November 2006 and the U.S. Embassy, April, 2007;
INLPTA Diploma Training in the Art and Science of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, The British Council, Belgrade, February 2006;
As part of an ESU / Frank Bell scholarship: Training the trainer course at Bell Centre, Saffron Walden, England, August 2004,
Training for teachers of English B within the IB Diploma Programme, Geneva, June 29 - July 03, 2004;
Secondary ELT Trainer Programme, joint project of the Ministry of Education and Sports of the

Republic of Serbia and The British Council, Belgrade, October 2002 - April 2003;

- Participant at ELTA annual conferences, May 2002 - now

The Mentor  Training Summer Course, organized by the British Council, Belgrade,  June 25 - 29, 1999;
The Mentor Training Course, organized by the British Council, Belgrade & The Faculty of Philology, October 1997 - March 1999;

Work Experience:

- PYP English Teacher at International School Ruđer Bošković, September 2017 - now

- IB DP Coordinator at Ruđer Bošković High School, September 2016 - March 2017;

- Student Counsellor at Ruđer Bošković High School, March - August 2016;

- Junior NKEs Master Trainer, December 2014 - June 2015

- Cambridge Programmes Coordinator within Ruđer Bošković Educational System, September 2010 - now

- Cambridge ESOL Centre Exams Manager, March 2010 - August 2017;

 - CIE Programme Leader, January 2009 - December 2014;
- Co-author of the online discussion on the Moodle platform regarding the role of teachers in the classroom organized by the Southeast Europe English Teachers Association - SEETA, October 2010;
- Author, trainer and coordinator of the programme for professional development for Cambridge Certificate for Teachers and Trainers;
- Co-author, trainer and coordinator of accredited in-service teacher development programmes Towards Better Understanding, 2008-2016, and How to Improve and Evaluate Your Own Teaching Practice, 2010-2016;
- As a trainer of English teachers she has held various workshops: Teaching English to mixed-ability classes, Planning in ELT and Interesting ways of practising gramma, Critical Thinking in ELT in all the major towns in Serbia, 2005-2016.
- President of the English Language Teachers' Association of Serbia - ELTA, 2005 - 2007 (voluntary post), organization of annual ELTA IATEFL Conferences with over 600 participants in 2005 and 2006 at the Sava Centre in Belgrade;
-Member of RuđerBošković High School staff as an English teacher since the school was founded in 2003, and teacher of English B within the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, 2006-2011;
-1999 - 2003 teacher of English in MilutinMilanković High School in Belgrade. Co-author of English language tests for primary schools and member of the evaluating committees for writing and speaking skills at regional and national English competitions for primary and secondary school students;
-Since 1995 have been attending seminars for ELT teachers organized by the Ministry of Education and Sports of the Republic of Serbia, the British Council in Belgrade, the Department for Cultural Affairs of the US Embassy in Belgrade and representatives of the publishing companies Pearson (ex Longman), Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press;
-News in English on Channel 3 (translation), July - August 1992;
-1991-1999. English teacher in primary state schools: Dragica Pravica, Miloš Matijević-Mrša & Veljko Dugošević in Belgrade;

Participation in projects:

- Within the project Razvionica as Junior NKEs Master Trainer conducted the on-line training course for 40 teachers and other educational professionals employed in 2 vocational schools in Serbia; organized by Hulla & Co. Human Dynamics, Vienna & The Ministry of Education;

- Learning Technologies in the Classroom (2014), organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia, British Council in Belgrade & The English Language Teachers Association - ELTA;

-  New Challenges, New Perspectives (2012), organized by British Council, Belgrade & The English Language Teachers Association - ELTA;

- Towards Better Understanding (2008-2016), organized by the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade & The English Language Teachers Association - ELTA;

- Serbia Touring (2006), organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia, Publishers' representatives, British Council & The English Language Teachers Association - ELTA;

Publications:

-Paper Revising Grammar in a Mixed Ability Class, published in MELT (Magazine for English Language Teachers), Belgrade, 2007, ISSN 1452 2020;

Awards:

- Overall winner of the photographic competition organised by Cambridge International Examinations on the occasion of the 7th International Conference with the photo Many hands make light work, September 2011;

Membership in professional associations:

-The English Language Teachers Association - ELTA, member since 2002;

- The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language - IATEFL, member since 2005;

- The English Speaking Union Serbia, Board member since 2006